Improvement in beer-faucets



d UNITED STATES PATENT., 9mm

YLouis POH, OF BUFFALO, NEW vonk.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEER-FAUCETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 4 8,588, dated July 4,1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, LOUIs POH, of the city of Buffalo, county of Erie,and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Faucet forBarrels or Casks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which-Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved beer-faucet.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of a self-acting vent-plug.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the gures.

My invention relates to that class of faucets used for drawing beer orother malt-liquors from casks which have small pumps or ejectorscombined therewith for the purpose of restoring the flavor and life tothe beer when from exposure to the air it has lost the same, andconsists in making the key or plug with a plunger-extension workingtightly in a corresponding barrel or extension of the key seat or socketbelow the bore of the'faucet, and capable of either a key or plungermovement, so that by turning it 4as a key the ilow of the liquorthrough' the discharge-nozzle may be governed the same as in a commonfaucet, and by raising it as a plunger a free dow thron gh thedischarge-nozzle will ensue and the plungerbarrel become filled by theliquor, which, upon the descent of the plunger and closing ot' thefaucet will be ejected with great force through a small hole in thebottom of the plunger-barrel into the receiving-glass in a manner toaccomplish the'desired result.

A represents the stem of the faucet, and B the dischargenozzle of thesame.

C represents the key or plug, which is ex- .Htended and formedintoaplunger, C', ot less key works, ad d? ringbr washer ot' leatherV on topof thkey, ',hiclifbears against the bot- .tom of thepl) When @he key israised, to preventleakage through t H caparound the stem.

E represents the plunger-barrel in which the plunger C works, it beingan extension of the key seat or socket below the bore of the faucet.This barrel is closed at the bottom,

forations of the same size as e', and acts as a strainer to prevent theclogging or lliug up of the hole e'.

The operation ot' my invention may be brieiiy described as follows: Whenvthe faucet is inserted into a full cask of fresh beer the use of theejector is unnecessary, and the faucet may be used in the same mannerthat any common faucet would be-z`. e., opening the flowof the liquor bythe simple turning of the key; but after a quantity has been drawn fromthe cask and air allowed to enter through the vent the beer will havebecome iiat and insipid to the taste. To remedy this and restore theflavor the ejector is put in operation. The raising of the key orplunger will have the same effect as turning the key to open the faucetand allow the beer to ow, for the reason that, the key being conical ortapering in form and the plunger of less diameter than the small end ofthe key, an annular space will be formed between the key and its seat,through which the beer may flow into the discharge-nozzle and out intothe receiving-glass. During the dow the plunger-barrel will becomefilled with the liquor, so that when the flow is shut off by the descentofthe plunger the same will be forcibly ejected through the hole e inthe bottom of the barrel and into the glass and thoroughly agitate thebeer in the glass and cause it to foam and resume its proper flavor andlife.

It is believed that this faucet, from its simplicity of construction andconvenience of operation, is superior to any faucet of the kind`heretofore invented.

The self-actin g vent, Fig. 2, consists of a vent-plug, G, of wood,which is driven into the cask through a tap-hole and a valve-chamber, H,communicating with the bore of the ven t-plug and ball-valve H andvalve-seat H2.

This valve keeps itself seated by its own weight merely, so that, thoughpreventing the entrance of air into the Cask when the faucet is closed,as soon as fthe faucet isope'ned and the liquor begins' to flow thevacuum caused thereby in the cask will cause the atmospheric pressure toraise the valve and open lche vent; to allow a continual 110W of beerfrom the cask While the faucet is open. yTheclosing of thefaucebrestores the equilibrium and causes the valve to seat itself andcloseythe vent.

Having thus described my invention, whatvclaim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

Tbecouibiuation of the key C, plunger C', plungerfbarrel E, anddischarge-nozzleB, when arranged and operating in the manner and for thepurposes described.

LOUIS lOH.`

Witnesses:

W. H. FoRBUsH, B. H; MUEHLE.

